Globalization

I agree with the objections that so-called anti-globalization movements make against economic globalization. I think, though, that sometimes discussions about what is wrong with "globalization" are a way of not talking about what is wrong with capitalism.

Discuss.

Misleading numbers, misleading claims

In a recent article Deal Hudson implies that 61 bishops have come forward to "clarify" what Faithful Citizenship means, implying or saying outright that a vote for Barack Obama is unacceptable. This statistic, and accompanying list of bishops, has been parroted around …

More from Chomsky on the '08 presidential election

Click here for a video interview with Noam Chomsky on the presidential election. While he has argued for years that the political system of the united states has one party -- the Business Party -- which has two factions, to hold the view that there are no differences at …

Hazel Mae and Hazel Dickens

So Emily and I become parents on Friday afternoon and we decided to name this (freakin' amazing!) kid Hazel after one of West Virginia's most loved bluegrass singers, Hazel Dickens, who wrote a lot of songs about coal injustice and sang at protests, strikes, rallies, …

Episcopal and ecclesial communion? Not this time.

We Roman Catholics talk an awful lot about being in communion with one another. Whether we are describing the nature of the Church, as in "communion ecclesiology," or describing what we are doing at eucharist, or describing the collegial relationship of the bishops …

WV voting machine complaints; Republican voting officials blame the voters

From the Charleston Gazette:

Three Putnam County voters say electronic voting machines changed their votes from Democrats to Republicans when they cast early ballots last week.

This is the second West Virginia county where voters have reported this problem. Last week, …

Welcome Hazel!

Hazel was born Friday, Oct. 17 at 1:43pm. 6 lbs, 10 oz, 20 in. Mom, baby, and Dad are doing fine!

Recruiters are child predators

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A few years ago the u.s. army released a shoot-em-up video game as a recruiting tool. …

Rev. Arnold Conrad's prayer at McCain rally

According to the opening prayer evangelical preacher Arnold Conrad offered at a McCain rally on Oct. 11th, John McCain is God's candidate, and God must "guard his (sic) own reputation" against believers in "other" "gods, like Hindu (sic), Buddah (sic), and Allah" by …

Stanley Hauerwas on having children

"The vacuity of our society is revealed by our inability to come up with a sufficient rationale for having children. About the best we can muster is: 'Children help us to be less lonely.' (Get a dog; children make parents more lonely, not less.) And, 'Children help give …

Howard Zinn on why he's voting for Obama

As you might guess, I love the activist scholarship of Howard Zinn. My first post at Vox Nova was a short one on the family as domestic church, referencing Howard Zinn's view of the power of families to be "pockets of insurrection" in the united states. I thought of …

White privilege

One of my co-bloggers at Vox Nova received this in an email, and I thought I'd post it here:

For those who still can't grasp the concept of white privilege, or who are constantly looking for some easy-to-understand examples of it, perhaps this list will help.

* White …

On not reducing the Church's politics to voting

Zach at Civics Geeks criticized Policraticus' recent powerful post explaining why he feels he cannot vote for McCain or Obama, specifically for implying that he will abstain from voting in this election. I'm not sure Policraticus actually says he will abstain, just that …

VP debate on SNL